- Date
- January 17, 1963
- Place
- Salt Lake City, UT · SALT LAKE CITY, UT
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Emergency descent
- Aircraft
- N2703Fairchild F-27
- Status
- Completed · report February 6, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 178791
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0005 63/1/17 SALT LAKE CITY,UT FAIRCHILD F-27 CR- 3 0 0 TRAINING AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1553 N2703 PX- 0 0 0 46, 14460 TOTAL HOURS, 10 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - WEST COAST AIRLINES,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: EMERGENCY DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SIMULATED CONDITIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- CREWS LACK OF VIGILANCE,FOR UNDETERMINED REASON, IN NOT CHECKING DESCENT BEFORE STRIKING WATER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2703
- Reported as
- Fairchild F-27
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Destroyed
N2703Registration cancelled Sep 18, 2009 · Fairchild F-27Airframe modelFairchild F-27Engine modelRolls-Royce DART-510&511
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